Trademarks and Copyrights

[Guest degsey69]

I looked at the Turbo Cash programe issue again and in my post there was a thread that pointed to this post, is there any relavence to CubeCart in this.

"I've looked at the specific GPL license they used (which happens to be a

completely unmodified version) and the source for TurboCASH as it's

currently available for download. As it currently stands TurboCASH is in

clear violation of the GPL. Now, the GPL at it's heart is a Copyright

license. As such it enables the holder of that copyright to legally enforce

the terms of the licenses. As the © holder they are safe from being sued

for violation of the license because the only one who could do that is the

© holder. But anyone else who re publishes TurboCASH or any work based in

at least some part on TurboCASH is also in violation of the GPL as long as

not all references to non-GPLed code are removed. It doesn't matter in that

case that the code as published by the © holder is already in violation of

the GPL. This potentially opens anyone except the original copyright holder

who publishes TurboCASH in modified or unmodified form as long as these

modifications do not completely and entirely remove any reference to code

that is not under the GPL.

The people responsible for putting TurboCASH under the GPL don't seem to

have put sufficient effort into exploring what the consequences of that

action are. Anyone who uses or publishes TurboCASH without removing these

license violations (with the exception of the copyright holders) is on shaky

legal ground. I would very strongly suggest anyone who considers to use

TurboCASH or modify TurboCASH or publish a modified or unmodified version of

TurboCASH to take into account the potential consequences. Given the legal

uncertainty here I personally would stay as far away from TurboCASH as I

possibly can."

Any comment would be fine :D